By the way….I had to try to convince a Korean-American friend where I'm working now that you can actually catch fish in the Han/Korean rivers. She insisted it was physically impossible for some mysterious reason —like Korean fish were too smart or something….I told her to google your joint fishing blog…

Also by the way, since I've gotten back to Korea, I've bought a rod and tackle and am awaiting warm weather (especially since I'm living near a river)…

My guess is it is someone who is a long-time K-blogsphere denizen who gets off occasionally using a different user id to self-stroke a weak ego…

I recommend using an alias on the Internet — and having spoken out freely a lot in the K-blogsphere, often at Marmot's Hole itself, over the past 7+ years, I've put my foot in my mouth a few times —- but at least I've stuck with the same user name and stood by what I've said and why I said it….

I would have volunteered to be a moderator if asked. I know that Sonagi would probably be at the top of the list for consideration however if he ever went that route. I'm assuming that it was Mizar who called him at work though. Must have really ratteled him to shut the whole community of posters down. Well all good things come to an end I suppose.

For those that have no idea, a blog like the Marmot's Hole, Brian's blog and this one here require a substantial investment of money and more importantly, time. That’s the only reason I stopped blogging; time. Between my family, my job, fishing and my blog, I had no time at all for anything and something had to give. When I stopped, the various comments around the blogs were quite humorous; people thought that the AF OSI, Army CID, USFK or even my job were putting pressure on me to stop blogging due to some of my content. But, it was time, or lack of and that was the only reason.

Unless you’re one of those bloggers who put up daily journals (“I got up this morning, drank a cup of coffee, read the paper, put on some jeans and a blue polo shirt, and checked my text messages” – you know the ones), it takes a lot of time and effort to put some of these posts up; doing the research and cross-research from various sources, translations (if you’re one of the lucky ones who know enough Korean), going out and about, taking pictures and making said pics look presentable for the blog etc.

However, I also believe that your readership is a large part of what your blog is and their comments not only provide feedback for your efforts but also lead to some very interesting insights and discussions along the way. I hope Robert does bring comments back, but finds a better way to moderate the comments section.